Special Episode: A.A. Ames, 1842 - 1911
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Release Date: 05/12/2023
Pirate Arc Q&A Episode!
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about PIRATES. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: Make a one-time donation to the show: Submit questions:
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Jean Lafitte Q&A Episode!
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Jean Lafitte. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: Make a one-time donation to the show: Submit questions:
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Jean Lafitte, 1780 - 1823
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Today on Murderhobos: Jean Lafitte. A pirate, smuggler, and American hero of the War of 1812. Together with his brother Pierre, he became one of the most popular folk heroes of the American South in the 19th century, a popularity which waned over the course of the century to his relative obscurity today. What can his ambitious diverse criminal career show us about crime, piracy, slavery, and revolution in the age of American expansion? Submit questions to murderhobospodcast@gmail.com or on our Patreon discord by December 2nd 2025. We'll be hosting a year-end Q&A for all of our pirate...
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Blackbeard Q&A Episode!
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Edward Thatch, Teach, Taych, Tack, whatever you wanna call him. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: Make a one-time donation to the show:
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Blackbeard, 1680 - 1718
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Today on Murderhobos, Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard. Possibly the most famous pirate in history. Know primarily for his beard and his reputation for brutality and violence, he is in every way the pop culture exemplar of the golden age of piracy But his real life and violent death are a fascinating case study for the reality of piracy, shipboard life, and class conflict in the early decades of the 18th century. Submit questions to murderhobospodcast@gmail.com or on our Patreon discord by November 4th 2025. We'll be hosting a year-end Q&A for all of our pirate episodes too - please...
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Henry Morgan Q&A Episode!
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Henry Morgan: Pirate, Pirate Hunter, and Professional Alcoholic, in that order. The podcast episode Adam talks about with the costumer from Pirates of the Carribean: A clip from Treasure Island (1950), where Robert Newton basically invented the "pirate accent": Subscribe to the show on Patreon: Make a one-time donation to the show:
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Henry Morgan, 1635 - 1688
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Today on Murderhobos, Captain Henry Morgan: a Jamacian planter, freebooter, and king of the so-called bretheren of the coast, whose brutal raids on Spanish colonies led to his knighthood and his position as Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. He was by fortune or chance tied to Jamaica at a critical time in its history, and was in many ways the architect of western colonialism in the Carribean. Plus they named a rum after him. Submit questions to murderhobospodcast@gmail.com or on our Patreon discord by October 7th 2025. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: . Donate to the show at
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Colonel Thomas Monstery Q&A Episode!
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
The first Q&A episode of Season 2! Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Colonel Thomas Monstery. Adam's lecture on fencing in the 19th Century: Subscribe to the show on Patreon: Make a one-time donation to the show:
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Colonel Thomas Monstery, 1824 - 1902
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
Today on Murderhobos, Colonel Thomas Monstery: master fencer, military adventurer, filbuster, sailor and pulp novellist. What does his fiction have to do with his filibustering, and how does that explore the era of imperialism in which he lived, fought, and especially, wrote? Submit questions to murderhobospodcast@gmail.com by September 9th 2025. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: .
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Murderhobos Season 2 Trailer
Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
We're back! Our second season begins next week, on 9/2.
info_outlineToday on Murderhobos, a special episode produced by Tony. We’re headed all the way back to Minneapolis, circa 1900. As the mill capital of the world, Minneapolis was packed to the brim with seasonal workers, thriving brothels, and scheming card sharks. But to Mayor Albert Alonzo Ames, it was just a piggy bank waiting to be smashed open. Over the course of a year and a half, Ames turned the Minneapolis Police Department into the most powerful crime ring the city had ever seen.
This episode originally appeared on KFAI's MinneCulture, available wherever you get your podcasts. Funding provided by Minnesota's Legacy Arts and Culture Amendment.
Submit questions to murderhobospodcast@gmail.com or twitter.com/murderhobospod by May 21st, 2023.
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Special Thanks:
Erik Rivenes
Deidre Hammond
Adam Franti
Sam Hills
Julie Censullo
Soundtrack, by order of appearance:
Narcissus – Sousa’s Band (1902)
Victor Record 354
Let Me Call You Sweetheart – Columbia Quartette (1911)
Columbia Record A1057
Old Comrades March – Columbia Band (1900)
Columbia Record A1608
Marching Through Georgia – Columbia Band (1901)
Columbia Record A107
The Holy City – Henry Burr (1900)
Columbia Record A242
God Save The King – Columbia Band (1902)
Columbia Record A65
Calvary – Baritone Solo (1900)
Columbia Record A267
Rubenstein’s Melody in F – Alexander Heindl (1901)
Victor Monarch Record 3030
Come Out, Dinah, On The Green – Harry Macdonough (1901)
Victor Monarch Record 1099
Poet and Peasant Overture – Sousa’s Band (1902)
Victor Monarch Record 1552
Trumpet Quartette – Columbia Band (1900)
Columbia Record 373
A Little Bit Off The Top – Ed Favor (1900)
Victor Record A195
Then You’ll Remember Me – Tenor Solo (1901)
Columbia Record A343